[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.
No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.
Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason.
We may be seeing a coming together of the humanities and the science of human nature.
... the space left to freedom is very small.ends are inherent in human nature and the same for all.
Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press.
There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.
History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.
Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.